Traveling for the holidays? Or maybe you just want to get out of doing dishes. If you're looking for a place to dine out in Boulder for Thanksgiving or Christmas, the restaurants below would gladly host you (and clean up after you, too).
Note: We are in the process of confirming all openings for the 2018 season. Please call ahead to ensure your restaurant is open. Reservations are recommended for holiday dining.
Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Thanksgiving
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
This restaurant inside the St. Julien Hotel and Spa is an especially festive spot, with a special Christmas tree in the hotel lobby. Beneath it are packages wrapped with up-cycled materials such as wine corks, developed photo strips, light bulbs and old sheet music. It’s all part of the St. Julien’s commitment to reduce the impact on the environment.
Open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Special Holiday Menu
Spruce Farm and Fish at the Hotel Boulderado
Spruce is located in the Hotel Boulderado, which goes all out for the holidays, with a beautifully adorned, 28-foot Christmas tree beneath the hotel's stunning, stained-glass mezzanine.
Open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Special Holiday Menu
Hotel Boulderado Christmas Buffet
Gather under a spectacular stained-glass ceiling on the historic mezzanine, around the beautifully adorned 28-foot Christmas tree, and enjoy a sumptuous holiday menu.
L'Atelier
Enjoy an intimate Christmas dinner in this cozy-yet-upscale French favorite.
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
This restaurant inside the St. Julien Hotel and Spa is an especially festive spot, with a special Christmas tree in the hotel lobby. Beneath it are packages wrapped with up-cycled materials such as wine corks, developed photo strips, light bulbs and old sheet music. It’s all part of the St. Julien’s commitment to reduce the impact on the environment.
Christmas Eve Candlelight Dinner
Christmas Day Brunch
Christmas Day Candlelight Dinner
Spruce Farm and Fish at the Hotel Boulderado
Spruce is located in the Hotel Boulderado, which goes all out for the holidays, with a beautifully adorned, 28-foot Christmas tree beneath the hotel's stunning, stained-glass mezzanine.
Open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Special holiday menu, reservations required
Aloy Thai
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Basta
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Special Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner for $75 per person.
The Buff
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Boulder Cork
Special holiday menu
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Centro Mexican Kitchen
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Chautauqua Dining Hall
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Corrida
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Frasca Food & Wine
Special Christmas Eve Dinner
Closed Christmas Day
Seven courses of upscale seafood-based fare including crudo di scampi, burro nocciola e tartufo bianco (langoustine crudo, white truffle brown butter) and fettuccine di seppia, pesto di carciofi e salsa verde (cuttlefish fettuccine, salsa verde and artichoke pesto). $155 per person with an optional wine flight. Kids younger than 10 may order a la carte.
Greenbriar Inn
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
The Kitchen
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Full seasonal dinner menus along with special features such as shawarma braised lamb shank.
Mateo Restaurant Provencal
Special holiday menu
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Oak at Fourteenth
Special holiday menu
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Pizzeria Locale
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Pizzeria Locale in Boulder will be providing the saucy classics in a family-style atmosphere. Gather around for some chicken parmigiana, meatballs and sauce, and lasagna.
Post Brewing Co.
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
River and Woods
Special holiday menu
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Salt Bistro
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Prix fixe menu for $55 per person.
Ted's Montana Grill
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
West End Tavern
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Zolo
Open Christmas Eve
Closed Christmas Day
Jill’s Restaurant at St. Julien Hotel and Spa
Thanksgiving Day brunch or candlelight dinner
Spruce Farm and Fish at the Hotel Boulderado
Special holiday menu
Thanksgiving Buffet at the Hotel Boulderado
Seasonally prepared buffet and dessert menu on the historic mezzanine.
The Kitchen
Special holiday menu
Salt Bistro
Special holiday menu
Wild Standard
Special holiday menu
Greenbriar Inn
Special holiday menu
Chautauqua Dining Hall
Special holiday menu
Black Cat Bistro
Special holiday menu
Bramble & Hare
Special holiday menu
L'Atelier
Special holiday menu
Boulder ChopHouse & Tavern
Special holiday menu
Boulder restaurant owners, let us know if you have holiday meal service and are not listed above! Email Gwen Gray to have your restaurant added.
